This was a suggestion from the book Landlording on Auto Pilot which I do recommend (I am not the author but it has a fair amount of useful tips :=).Thanks for your service to the country and good luck.

Does anyone have any insurance recommendations for Rental dwelling, renters, auto and umbrella? 

My properties are 1, 2, 3, 4 family houses, and I have a few mixed use properties (storefront/apartment)I live in Wisconsin, and currently have some properties insured through Erie and some through Auto Owners. 

He mention you can text a number an address and it auto goes into google docs. does anyone have the link to that IFTTT function? 

The marketing you do should be something that you are comfortable with or good at.For me personally, I was really good at cold calling, so I invested money in an auto-dialer, expireds/fsbo lists, neighborhood search. etc. 

I think I understand the basics of personal home, auto, landlord, umbrella.

I I love this post finally the valley get some light on BP this area you mentioned is a fantastic opportunity specially on relative value people that are millennials today are eventually going to grow up and realize they need a place to raise a family and the San Fernando Valley has been doing that for the last 60 70 years for the previous generations areas like the Warner Center The Village Woodland Hills excetera are all going to become the new center of the valley which is progressing towards that direction anyways and that's going to give a rise to places like Reseda Canoga Park and the middle areas of the valley that for the longest time have been neglected.

Essentially syncs right up to your e-mail ( I used g-mail ) so you can start just auto adding them to your CRM just on previous e-mails you have already sent. 

Look for help from the Village, State and FEMA eventually. 

The village is going to be picking up garbage for quite some time so that should save us the cost of a dumpster.